I am delighted to hear from you. I like the older patterns but I
like some of the new ones too and I love all colours so I love to see all the
different quilts. When I first started I only liked traditional quilts but I
can now see the beauty in the more artistic quilts even if it is not always for
me I will try and get some of my quilting pics on later in the week as my Hubby
is going to Ascot on a course for the rest of the week and it will just
be myself and the Fuzzies 3 Cavalier Spaniels and a 14 year old cat, but I will
have more time to quilt. I would love to see some of your quilts too Sandy it
is great to see other peoples work.

I am delighted to hear from you. I like the older patterns but I
like some of the new ones too and I love all colours so I love to see all the
different quilts. When I first started I only liked traditional quilts but I
can now see the beauty in the more artistic quilts even if it is not always for
me I will try and get some of my quilting pics on later in the week as my Hubby
is going to Ascot on a course for the rest of the week and it will just
be myself and the Fuzzies 3 Cavalier Spaniels and a 14 year old cat, but I will
have more time to quilt. I would love to see some of your quilts too Sandy it
is great to see other peoples work.

It is great to hear from you and I am so sorry to hear about
your husband. One of my friends says quilting has helped so many people who
have lost their husbands as we are such a caring group of people. You must come
to the UK some time it is a good place to visit but very small compared to the
states. I have been to Florida about 4 times and discovered Jo anns I had
always wanted to learn to quilt and I brought back some fabric it then took me
over a year to find someone who did quilting and could find me a teacher, she
is French or as she says she used to be French but not anymore she does not
have any formal qualifications so the group of us spend more time talking
sometimes than quilting but that’s good too. You could never ramble on as much
as I do I think they think it’s strange where I live but we Scots like a good
chat and are very friendly. It must be great in your home with all the
different ages. Does your Daughter quilt? I love your cats names.

Thank you so much for your prayers. I have been to Florida 4
times Orlando and Sarasota and I know what you mean about the heat. I love
German Shepherds my Mother used to have 2 a long and a short haired they are
very clever dogs. I hope to get one more Spaniel we rescued Charlie 2 months
ago and I have had Chelsea and Lucy since puppies. I will look forward to
seeing you again also and although I have had some lessons and have been
quilting for three years I have a lot a real lot of UFOs and I want to finish
them. I have also volunteered to make some bags and small quilts for Cavalier
King Charles Spaniel rescue so it will all keep me busy I just hope I am well
enough to do them all.

Welcome to the QCA forums, Jay-Marie and Dawn! I know you will love it here. I live in the northeast corner of Wyoming, fairly close to Devil's Tower. If you saw Close Encounters of the Third Kind, you saw Devil's Tower. I retired from teaching high school English a year ago. I've been quilting for about 15 years, but have only recently done it more than sporadically. Right now I'm working on what I not so affectionately call StupidQuilt. Some day it will be completed and I can send it to the quilter.

I am in Saint Johns, FL. Which is between Jacksonville and Saint Augustine,

Hi Dawn,

I lived in Jacksonville a couple of different times, but it was a very long time ago. The last time was when I was 10 - 12 years old. And yes, it is Hot and more Hot today. I bet you'll get some nice cool weather before I do.

I don't have any family up your way and all of my DH's family is around here or in KY. I've found that Hicks is a fairly common name.

Well, let's see if I can answer all your questions. Summers are very warm. Winters are very mild. We came from the mountains in Upstate New York where we had 8 months of winter and 4 months of darn-poor sledding..LOL Here in Tennessee, they measure snowfall by 1/4 inch increments. I think all of last winter we got about 6 inches if you added it all up. Temps don't get really cold either. When it does snow, wait til sun comes up and it melts the snow and we go on about our business. We live not too far from the Great Smoky Mountains. I get season tickets to Dollywood. Being retired, the weather is nice most of the year so we can be out and doing things all the time.

My friend in Nottinghamshire we actually met over the internet. My husband was doing internet stuff, met him and actually worked for him. He's a Brit, raised in Hong Kong. His father was in the British Army for most of his life. His father was a Major. He came to US for some meetings with the American workers and that's how we met. We just hit it off. That was 11 years ago. I talk to him 2 or 3 times a month. He happens to be gay, so hubby doesn't get jealous...lol He's also an ordained priest for the Church of Ireland. He speaks, read, and writes about 14 languages, maybe 9 fluently. He's a brilliant man. And he's easy to talk to and has been a very good friend to both myself and hubby. The quilt I'm making is called a "Disappearing Nine-Patch". He wanted it in the Irish colors. Green, white and orange. He also requires that I have an American flag somewhere in it because I'm strictly American. I'm a mutt....Scottish, Irish, English, Dutch, German and American Indian(Mohawk).

Welcome to the club. I don't get on the chat's as much as I would like to, but that is okay. I live in Friendswood, Texas, about 30 miles inland from the Gulf Coast. It has been a wonderfully quiet summer here, although very hot. (no hurricanes). We are thankful the temp is finally dropping down to 90 degrees!!!

I have been to the UK and it is a beautiful country. Wish I could have spent more time there. I no longer have any fur babies. When the last one died I said no more for now. I have been quilting off and on for a very long time, but just started getting serious about 19 months ago. I have been sewing clothes and decorator items for 50+ years. I want to invest in a long arm soon, but am waiting for the Houston Quilt festival so I can try all of them out in one place.

We hope you enjoy chatting with us as much as we enjoy chatting. Can't wait to see some of your quilt photo's. (I have one on show and tell).